Awareness of urban communities on biodiversity conservation in Tanzania’s protected areas

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dc.contributor.authorUlimboka, Rehema
dc.contributor.authorMbise, Franco P.
dc.contributor.authorNyahongo, Julius
dc.contributor.authorRøskaft, Eivin
dc.date.accessioned2024-03-27T12:48:26Z
dc.date.available2024-03-27T12:48:26Z
dc.date.issued2022
dc.descriptionFull text article. Also available at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gecco.2022.e02251en_US
dc.description.abstractThis study used semi-structured interviews in two cities, Dodoma and Arusha, in Tanzania, to assess the difference in people’s conservation awareness between the two cities. Our results revealed that urban people were generally positive towards most statements related to biodiversity conservation in protected areas, and in a few cases, variations between people from different occupations and education levels were significant. For instance, 87% (n = 376) of our respondents agreed with the statement "The knowledge obtained through conservation education is very important in changing our attitude towards protected areas," as well as 71% (n = 376) of our respondents agreed with the statement that "It is important to involve school children in conservation education." We predicted that people in Arusha would be more positive toward all six conservation statements than people in Dodoma (the capital city) because Arusha is close to many protected areas and is a tourist hub. We also predicted that people in Arusha would have more knowledge and awareness of biodiversity conservation than those in Dodoma. However, this prediction was not supported as people from Dodoma were significantly more positive than people from Arusha. This indicates that people in Dodoma are more concerned about biodiversity conservation than people in Arusha. This variation might be influenced by the costs associated with conservation, as people in urban Dodoma live far from conservation challenges such as livestock depredation and/or crop raiding compared to people in urban Arusha.en_US
dc.identifier.citationUlimboka, R., Mbise, F. P., Nyahongo, J., & Røskaft, E. (2022). Awareness of urban communities on biodiversity conservation in Tanzania’s protected areas. Global Ecology and Conservation, 38, e02251.en_US
dc.identifier.otherDOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gecco.2022.e02251
dc.identifier.urihttps://repository.udom.ac.tz/handle/20.500.12661/4440
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherElsevieren_US
dc.subjectConservation awarenessen_US
dc.subjectNatureen_US
dc.subjectProtected areasen_US
dc.subjectUrban peopleen_US
dc.subjectBiodiversity conservationen_US
dc.subjectUrban communitiesen_US
dc.subjectProtected areasen_US
dc.titleAwareness of urban communities on biodiversity conservation in Tanzania’s protected areasen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
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